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Marion Brown
American saxophonist
1
John Tchicai
Danish free jazz saxophonist
2
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
3
Roswell Rudd
American trombonist
4
Clifford Thornton
American musician
5
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
6
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
7
Rashied Ali
American jazz musician
8
John Gilmore
American tenor saxophonist
9
Cal Massey
American musician
10
Alan Shorter
American musician
11
Charles Davis
American musician
12
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
13
Beaver Harris
American musician
14
Tyler Mitchell
American screenwriter
15
Bill Dixon
American musician
16
Malachi Thompson
American musician
17
Mat Walerian
jazz musician
18
Leon Thomas
American singer
19
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
20
Sirone
American musician
21
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
22
Jeanne Lee
American singer
23
Calo Scott
musical artist
24
Juma Sultan
American musician
25
Donald Garrett
American musician and clarinetist
26
Cecil Taylor
American jazz pianist and poet
27
David Murray
American jazz musician (tenor saxophone and bass clarinet)
28
Lewis Worrell
American musician
29
Lester Bowie
American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
30
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
31
Anthony Braxton
American musician, composer, and philosopher
32
Ronnie Burrage
American musician
33
Johnny Hartman
Jazz Singer
34
Joe Lee Wilson
American singer (1935-2011)
35
Dewey Johnson
American jazzman
36
Perry Robinson
American musician
37
J. C. Moses
American musician
